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3LCD + 1LCD = 4LCD
SV Staff  |  Jun 20, 2008  |  0 comments
Most of the video-display headlines have centered on the LCD versus plasma big-screen competition. Kind of like McDonald's versus Burger King. But there's also Wendy's. Or, more to the point, video projectors. Love 'em or hate 'em, projectors offer...
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Blu Better than Film?
SV Staff  |  Jun 20, 2008  |  0 comments
In a recent article in Home Media Magazine, movie director Jon M. Chu expresses his opinion that Blu-ray looks better than film. Chu is the director of Disney's Step Up 2 The Streets, and will be named Breakout Director of the Year by the...
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MartinLogan debuts new flagship speaker in L.A.
SV Staff  |  Jun 21, 2008  |  0 comments
MartinLogan, known for those electrostatic speakers that audiophiles love and everybody else confuses with Japanese shoji screens, conducted its first U.S. demos of the new $25,000-per-pair, 25th-anniversary CLX flagship speaker today at Los Angeles...
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8 Million TVs and Nothing's On
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  |  0 comments
On February 17, 2009, the entire fleet of RVs, all 8 million of them, will be thrown into disarray. Campers and retirees from Happy Isles campground in Yosemite, to the Wal-Mart parking lot in Yonkers, will run into the streets in full panic mode,...
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A DVD Collector's Dream
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  |  0 comments
Scientists say the human brain can process only between five and nine things at once. To that postulate, we'd add that the human brain can catalog only 25 DVDs. Here's proof: Have you ever rented a DVD that you later realized you own? Have you ever...
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TVs Must Add Features to Compete. Surprised?
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  |  0 comments
It's the same in every business. You have to keep adding features to keep the sales flowing. You need a new camera because the new ones do so much more than your old one. Your old cellphone worked just fine, but the new ones have so much more...
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Petite Pico Projector
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  |  0 comments
You're at a business lunch and you realize you need to show your clients a picture of your marketing plan for their hot new widget. You have a picture of your ad idea stored on your phone, or it's stashed on your iPod. So there you are, huddled...
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One BEEELION Dollars
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  |  0 comments
Dr. Evil had it right. One billion dollars is a lot of money. Apparently, it's also the lucky number that Hollywood execs are looking for to call Blu-ray a success. They believe they'll hit that number, and are aiming for $2.5 billion at the end...
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BIG Screen Panny Projectors
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
Panasonic is taking on the large venue world with two new three-chip DLP projectors with 12,000 lumen. These aren't designed for home use, though if you can foot the bill, why not? They're perfect for high-definition content for conventions,...
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A.M.P. speaker puts on a moving performance
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
I've heard $1,000,000 speakers. I've heard $10 speakers. But none of them can do a hundredth of what Tiger Electronics'  new Automated Music Personality ( A.M.P.) can do. Let's compare, shall we, the $500 A.M.P. with Thiel Audio's universally...
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NHK's 8K Gold
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
Before the world has fully adopted high-def, NHK is pushing the barriers even further. Not even happy going to 4K, Japanese manufacturer NHK is showing a prototype system with 8K resolution. For those of you doing the math, that's 7,680 x 4,320...
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Waiting For Wireless
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
What happens when you have the coolest new technology and no one cares? That seems to be what's happening with wireless HDMI. A report by ABI Research says sales for wireless HDMI systems won't hit one million until 2012, calling the market's...
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Personal Problem, Comcast?
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
Looks like nobody's happy with cable. We reported a few weeks ago about Los Angeles suing Time Warner Cable, and now, Comcast is getting grief. The only problem this time is that the complaints are coming from within! In a blazing internal...
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IMAX Going Digital
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
IMAX is getting ready to give up its 70mm post-card-sized-film projectors for digital. This transition should help boost profits for the iconic maker of glorious cinematic images. They just announced the first three digital installs in conjunction...
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LCD Returns on Rise
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  |  0 comments
100% satisfaction guaranteed. Love it, or get your money back. All good products should come with a good refund policy. Unfortunately, folks are returning their LCD TV's with alarming frequency. What's wrong the sets? Are they faulty, or are folks...
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